Sigurðr, vartu eigi í Svíaskerjum,
þá er Hálfdani heiptir guldum.
Urðu randir rógmiklaðar
sverðum skornar, en hann sjálfr drepinn.
Sigurðr, vartu eigi í Svíaskerjum, þá er guldum Hálfdani heiptir. Randir rógmiklaðar urðu skornar sverðum, en hann sjálfr drepinn.
Sigurðr, you were not in the skerries of the Swedes, when we repaid Hálfdan for hostilities. The shields of the strife-increaser [WARRIOR] were cut through with swords, and he himself was killed.
[6] rógmiklaðar: so 343a, 471, rógmiklaðra 7, raun mjök lagðar 344a
[6] rógmiklaðar ‘of the strife-increaser [WARRIOR]’: The reading of 343a and 471; this hap. leg. cpd noun presumably refers to Hálfdan. Both Skj B (also LP: rógmikluðr) and Skald adopt this reading, while Edd. Min. and Ǫrv 1888 and 1892 prefer the reading of 7, rógmiklaðra ‘of the strife-increased ones’, where the cpd would have to be an adj. in gen. pl., giving a rather awkward and unprecedented kenning.
case: gen.